Kelly Ayotte

Kelly Ann Ayotte (27 June 1968-) was a member of the US Senate from New Hampshire (R) from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2017, succeeding Judd Gregg and preceding Maggie Hassan.

Biography
Kelly Ann Ayotte was born in Nashua, New Hampshire on 27 June 1968, and she attended Pennsylvania State University and Villanova University School of Law. She worked as a law clerk for the New Hampshire Senate before entering private practice, and she worked as a prosecutor for the New Hampshire Department of Justice before serving as the legal counsel to Governor Craig Benson. From 15 June 2004 to 17 July 2009, she served as Attorney General of New Hampshire, succeeding Peter Heed and preceding Mike Delaney. In 2010, she was elected to the US Senate, winning 60% of the vote. Ayotte opposed sanctuary cities, opposed an increased minimum wage, opposed changes in the age requirement for Social Security for people close to retirement, supported federal funding for unemployment benefits, opposed private sector bailouts during the Great Recession in 2008, opposed abortion, supported gay rights, supported efforts to fight against college campus sexual abuse, opposed gun control, opposed the US withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, and opposed the relocation of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. In 2017, Ayotte lost re-election to Democratic Party rival Maggie Hassan by just 1,017 votes (.14%).